муръг

Bulgarian

Etymology

Extension of Proto-Slavic *murъ (“muddy”)? (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmurɐk]
• Rhymes: -ɐk

Adjective

му́ръг • (múrǎg) (adverb му́рго, abstract noun му́ргост) (dialectal)

1. swarthy, dusky, murky (of hue or saturation)

Declension

Positive forms of му́ръг

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	му́ръг múrǎg	му́рга múrga	му́рго múrgo	му́рги múrgi
definite (subject form)	му́ргият múrgijat	му́ргата múrgata	му́ргото múrgoto	му́ргите múrgite
definite (object form)	му́ргия múrgija

Comparative forms of му́ръг

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-му́ръг pó-múrǎg	по́-му́рга pó-múrga	по́-му́рго pó-múrgo	по́-му́рги pó-múrgi
definite (subject form)	по́-му́ргият pó-múrgijat	по́-му́ргата pó-múrgata	по́-му́ргото pó-múrgoto	по́-му́ргите pó-múrgite
definite (object form)	по́-му́ргия pó-múrgija

Superlative forms of му́ръг

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-му́ръг náj-múrǎg	на́й-му́рга náj-múrga	на́й-му́рго náj-múrgo	на́й-му́рги náj-múrgi
definite (subject form)	на́й-му́ргият náj-múrgijat	на́й-му́ргата náj-múrgata	на́й-му́ргото náj-múrgoto	на́й-му́ргите náj-múrgite
definite (object form)	на́й-му́ргия náj-múrgija

Alternative forms

• мург (murg) — short form
• му́ргий (múrgij) — long form

Derived terms

nouns

• (agent or abstract noun) му́рга f (múrga)
• (agent noun) му́рго m (múrgo)
• (toponym) Мурга́ш (Murgáš)

 

adjectives

• му́ргав (múrgav)
• му́ргичък (múrgičǎk)
• мургу́ляв (murgúljav)

 

Related terms

• мура́ва (muráva) (obsolete, original), мора́ва (moráva, “sward”) (standard)
• му́рен (múren), му́рест (múrest), му́рлив (múrliv, “dark, grim”)

References

• “мург”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мургий; -ръгъ, -рга, -рго”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 92
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мург”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 332